Had hoped to be there for commencement, but is leaving for London on business. Has kept up with Red Cloud schools through brothers and sisters. Remembers
with love Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Goudy
and Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Case.
Mrs. Case, then Miss King, was principal when she
first entered the school. Remembers her first teacher and some of her fellow pupils. Always
tried to please Miss King, who helped and advised her
all through high school—even tried to teach her algebra, an impossibility. Hard to
believe it has been nineteen years since she graduated. Best wishes to the new graduates. They
should try to live up to their teachers' goals for them.
Willa Cather
[Stout
#159]

Sorry the proofs went astray, but proofed the article thoroughly herself. Can't use more than
one article about the Labor Congress. Emphasis should be on developments abroad for protection
of workers. Can pay $150 for article and photographs. If Sergeant gets to Berlin might visit Permanent Exposition for the Welfare of
Workingmen and feature some of the exhibits there. Miss
Wyatt preparing article on the working girl, so not sure they could use another on
French working girls. Seems as if the whole city is being demolished and rebuilt these days.
Willa Sibert Cather
[Stout
#179]

Thanks for the box of candy. Someone from Hull House was at the office and said Miss Wyatt is obsessed with white slavery these days. Too bad
she can't see anything amusing in humanity. Miss
McClung to be in town soon and Miss
Goldmark not long after. Wishes Sergeant could be there to meet Isabelle, who also dislikes people obsessed with social reform.
Willa Cather
[Stout
#195]

Glad the book is selling fairly well.
How did the Heinemann edition do? Is going to
Pittsburgh in a few days. Miss Lewis sailing for Naples toward the end of the month.
W. S. C.
[Stout
#281]

Letter ID: 0307

Addressee: Van Tuyll, Miss (Houghton Mifflin)

Date: 1915-05-24

Repository: Harvard University, Houghton Library, Cambridge, Mass.

To Miss Van
Tuyll,
[at Houghton
Mifflin]
May 24, [1915], from New
York
; Harvard

Very pleased that she likes the story. Doesn't want a picture of herself published unless she gets a good one this
summer at the cliff dwellings. Will get one taken by a photographer if she must, but it will
only be disillusioning to the public.
Willa S. Cather
[Stout
#307]

Glad to have eliminated the governorship for Dr. Archie. Has made a suggestion about the jacket to
Miss Van Tuyll. Also, has
returned thirty-three pages of proof. It's pretty rough.
Willa S. Cather
[Stout
#308]